Airbus A220

AirAsia wanted a smaller aircraft to complement its A321neo fleet. The high-density A220-300 could be attractive for low-cost operators elsewhere, too.

AirAsia has provided a major boost for the Airbus A220 program with an order for 150 aircraft.

LOT Polish Airlines has started to retire members of its Embraer short-haul fleet as it prepares to welcome its new fleet of Airbus A220s.

Florida-headquartered lessor Azorra has acquired eight Airbus A220-300s from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE).

Turkish Airlines is looking anew at operating regional aircraft like Embraer E2s or Airbus A220s, its chairman says.

Airbus delivered its first aircraft from Mobile, Alabama, in 2016. Ten years on, the site has far outgrown the original plans.

JetBlue Airways has agreed to deploy the Skywise Fleet Performance+ solution across its fleet of Airbus A320-family and A220 aircraft.

A common theme in airliner financial failures is that airframers do not implement value-based pricing.

Editors are joined by guest columnist Richard Aboulafia to discuss the progress of airliner production by Airbus in Alabama and Boeing in South Carolina.

The idea of a stretched version of the Airbus A220 is getting more public support from key customers.

Latvian carrier AirBaltic expects increasing aircraft availability will support an improvement in its financial performance this year.

QantasLink is steadily expanding the route network served by its fleet of Airbus A220s, with the type now going international.

With demand booming in commercial and defense aviation, why are Airbus programs in turmoil?

Nigerian regional operator Enugu Air has expanded its services with the arrival of a new Embraer 195.

AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly does not see a market for a stretch version of the Airbus A220, dubbed the A220-500.

Airbus is convinced it will be able to sell a lot more A220s in the Asia-Pacific region as airlines enter their next phase of route development.

IATA is forecasting that airlines across the Asia-Pacific region will be profitable this year, with China and India leading regional expansion.

U.S. airframer Boeing has no commercial aircraft represented in either the static or flying displays, despite the expectation of a larger presence.

An auxiliary battery caught fire inside the cabin of an Air France-operated Airbus A220 on June 12, 2025, Dutch air accident investigation bureau DSB says.

Air Serbia has completed the modernization of its fleet with the delivery of the final Embraer E195-E1 from lessor Azorra, marking Azorra's first partnership in the Balkan region.

Swiss has begun grounding its fleet of nine Airbus A220-100s for at least 18 months as issues with their Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines persist.

Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery database shows that last year the A220's backlog for the first time sank below the level of when Airbus acquired it, raising key questions for the program.

Airbus is developing a runway overrun awareness and alerting system (ROAAS) for the A220.

Boeing and Airbus's 2025 O+D numbers illustrate very different stories, but neither should assume their respective performances will continue into 2026.

With the curtain closed on 2025, Flight Friday takes the opportunity to review the state of the engine market.